It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produce a calorie of food. From the standpoint of industrial efficiency, it's too bad we can't simply drink the petroleum directly, because there's a lot less energy in a bushel of corn (measured in calories) than there is in the half gallon or so of oil required to produce it. Ecologically this is a fabulously expensive way to produce food.
—from The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, a book by Michael Pollan
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19150. | Steel_Zika (steel_zika) | 71.09 | 94% | 2023-06-14 |
19151. | Maya (misssmayaaa) | 71.09 | 96% | 2019-05-03 |
19152. | Toda (steelbreeze) | 71.09 | 96% | 2017-11-15 |
19153. | Nikhil (nikhiljain) | 71.09 | 91% | 2014-04-02 |
19154. | Eryk (fatmamma) | 71.09 | 95% | 2016-09-11 |
19155. | BYRUDDY (justruddy) | 71.08 | 96% | 2024-01-19 |
19156. | Victor (vctrku1) | 71.08 | 95% | 2016-06-15 |
19157. | David (dwright) | 71.08 | 96% | 2016-02-17 |
19158. | Amarpreet (bhangu_05) | 71.07 | 96.7% | 2023-11-11 |
19159. | David (seismicsandwich) | 71.07 | 96% | 2022-06-26 |
19160. | Nam (nambct) | 71.07 | 96% | 2023-08-09 |
19161. | tris (trisywc) | 71.07 | 98% | 2022-07-20 |
19162. | gaule (gaule) | 71.07 | 97% | 2022-01-02 |
19163. | Stephen (stephenmorganx) | 71.07 | 92% | 2016-05-20 |
19164. | Platy (platypus517) | 71.07 | 94% | 2016-03-16 |
19165. | Heather (bowlinprincess) | 71.07 | 96% | 2011-05-13 |
19166. | Robert Joe (robertjoep) | 71.06 | 95% | 2013-01-22 |
19167. | Valters (valters07) | 71.06 | 96.8% | 2021-01-29 |
19168. | Brandon (brego94) | 71.06 | 98% | 2017-02-24 |
19169. | PALY (paly) | 71.06 | — | 2011-03-10 |
19170. | Kevin (gkpc) | 71.06 | 94% | 2015-03-11 |
19171. | Vivek (vivthang) | 71.06 | 96% | 2014-10-04 |
19172. | Amanda (uhmanduh) | 71.06 | — | 2011-04-04 |
19173. | Dustin (jebeidiah) | 71.06 | 98% | 2015-09-28 |
19174. | Abel (belspeed) | 71.05 | 99% | 2024-03-31 |
19175. | CaptainJsparrow (captian_sp... | 71.05 | 95% | 2024-02-09 |
19176. | San (shinchan_typeracer) | 71.05 | 95.1% | 2023-11-13 |
19177. | Rusty (rustyembers) | 71.05 | 87% | 2016-11-04 |
19178. | Kim Jong-il (a9088391) | 71.05 | 98% | 2017-09-28 |
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Default (English) | 70,097 | 81.38 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 89 | 92.00 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |